Your coauthor and his wife was also at the trump organization. Correct shes on the other side of the ocean and general manager Trump International properties. Host just to get that out there so did you give an advanced copy to review before published . I gave everyone a final copy. There was some Fact Checking but nobody saw anything until it was done including the president and he got the final copy that you have. At the beginning from the outset if they were going to let us do it they had to trust us and no nothing besides basic Fact Checking. A lot of those play a big role. Something that they may not understand. It is interesting one of the things that strikes me is President Trump doesnt listen to people he steam roles over peoples opinions and as a guy that worked very closely on a number of projects, i think the truth is the opposite going back to the experience i had very early on in my career we just finished a difficult day on a construction site. Some things we were not happ
Many, many years for over 500 billion a year. Taking out of our country much more than 500 billion a year. We want that stopped. Ok . Reporter [inaudible] pres. Trump we will see what happens. At this moment, they want to do that, so will see what happens. It depends if they want to do that. They want to have talks. Im always open to talks. Reporter [inaudible] pres. Trump in 1977, we had the National Emergency act. Have the i have the absolute right to do that. I have the absolute right. 1977. Check it out. Reporter [inaudible] we are taking in tens of millions of dollars. China is paying for it. Chinas manipulating their currency. Are tariffs are working out really well our tariffs are working out really well. People dont understand that yet. At the same time, china had the worst year probably anywhere from 30 to 50 years. There were steer. Worst year. They want to make a deal. Reporter [inaudible] pres. Trump no, i am not happy with jay powell. I dont think he is much of a chessplay
Welcome, everyone to the seventh annual festival which is the Signature Program of the Public Library foundation. My name is abby and i run the project up the Columbia Journalism School and im thrilled to be here today with our prizewinners steve luxembourg and helen thorpe. Before i give a formal introduction to the panelists, i want to encourage the attendees to share your experience on social media using the hash tag both fast and there will be a signing of the books at the end of this session at the barnes and noble tend. There will be time to ask the authors to request an. Please join me in welcoming the work in progress winners. The author of separate the story of plessy versus ferguson from slavery and segregation, which has been called absorbing and a story that was written with energy and elegance and i can confirm that myself. He is also the author of the critically acclaimed a journey into a family secret. A longtime editor of the Washington Post he was the 2016 lucas work i
Focus on that issue because our country is labeled as a country that does not keep its promises to any countrys health. Host john in new york, democrats line. Youre n. E. C. Top issue for your member of congress. Caller hi, good morning. Ive been pretty active for several years visiting veterans in the veterans house near me. And theyre very frustrated with the fact seniority care and they had to speak up about it. But all i got out of it was retaliation. Ive contacted my congressman and senators about it and i didnt get anywhere, you know. Host when you say you didnt get anywhere, elaborate on that, how did that conversation go . Caller like the last call i got, oh, theyre going to look into it. Nd turned out that nothing happened. They passed the buck. They passed it on over. Go see this other guy or that counselor or Something Else. Nothing in the evidence about it. I said look, if you dont believe me, go send somebody down there and ee these conditions these people are living in. B
Shows but honestly a former independent bookseller. [applause] but i could not hack in the tough independent world so i joined the confines of forprofit corporations where things seem easier now i can oversee shows like this and talk to all of you. But i will not delay the amazing lineup of authors we have coming up. I just wanted to take a moment to tell a story and acknowledge a friend that many if not all of us have in common. Talking my way to get a job into running and independent bookstore in my hometown st. Paul i didnt know anything about independent bookselling unlike the other luminaries i knew woebegone but shortly after i took this job i got a call in the famous person in the book world into call me to meet the nondescript meeting at a hotel in january in minnesota. [laughter] so this chilly introduction was how i first got engaged with the American Booksellers Association and in that room were people that soon became my luminaries ken white before he was famous himself i a